Jennifer Walker (Canada)
Jennifer Walker (Canada)
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health at, Laurentian University and Core Scientist and Indigenous Health Lead at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Presentation topic: Indigenous health data and the path to healing
Jennifer Walker is a health services researcher and epidemiologist. She has Indigenous (Haudenosaunee) family roots and is a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River.
She has a PhD in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology specialization) from the University of Calgary. Her work focuses on Indigenous use of Indigenous health and health services data across the life course, with a focus on older adults. She collaborates closely with Indigenous organizations and communities to address health information needs.
Jennifer holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health at Laurentian University in the School of Rural and Northern Health. She is a Core Scientist and Indigenous Health Lead at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. She also holds appointments at the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
In this session, participants will:
- learn about Indigenous perspectives on data governance, health and well-being
- understand the key principles of Indigenous data sovereignty
- explore community-engaged data linkage and research practices as a means to improving health outcomes
